Faced with a dense urban environment, <a href="http://www.dgj.ch/project-types/minihouse-i-minimum-impact-house.html">Drexler Guinand Gaussian Architects</a> chose to design this super skinny home on a tiny 29 square meter plot in Germany. After developing a sophisticated software program that mapped out how to minimize the project's use of construction materials and energy, the firm conceived the Minihouse in Frankfurt as a prototype for efficient urban housing.

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Minihouse by Drexler Guinand Jauslin Architects

This gorgeous skinny home in Frankfurt is a study in low-impact urban housing

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Minihouse by Drexler Guinand Jauslin Architects

The designers conducted a lifetime analysis to ensure that it uses minimum construction materials and energy

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Minihouse by Drexler Guinand Jauslin Architects

Although spacious, this home was packed on a tiny 29 square meter plot

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Minihouse by Drexler Guinand Jauslin Architects

Skylights maximize not only daylighting, but also the sense of expansiveness

Responsibly-sourced timber was used throughout, which has a low embodied footprint.

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Minihouse by Drexler Guinand Jauslin Architects

Faced with a dense urban environment, Drexler Guinand Gaussian Architects chose to design this super skinny home on a tiny 29 square meter plot in Germany. After developing a sophisticated software program that mapped out how to minimize the project's use of construction materials and energy, the firm conceived the Minihouse in Frankfurt as a prototype for efficient urban housing.